Plum-tree

  • 21coco plum tree — noun small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit • Syn: ↑coco plum, ↑cocoa plum, ↑icaco, ↑Chrysobalanus icaco • Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Chrysobalanus …

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  • 22Plum — For other uses, see Plum (disambiguation). Plum A plum whole and split Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 23plum — plum1 plumlike, adj. /plum/, n., adj., plummer, plummest. n. 1. the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone. 2. the tree itself. 3. any of various other trees bearing a… …

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  • 24plum — I [[t]plʌm[/t]] n. adj. plum•mer, plum•mest 1) pln the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone 2) pln the tree itself 3) pln any of various other trees bearing a plumlike… …

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  • 25plum — 1. noun /plʌm/ a) The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour. b) The stone fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica. Syn: plum tree, ume 2. adjective /plʌm/ …

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  • 26Plum — This interesting and unusual surname has two possible derivations. Firstly, it may be of Anglo Saxon origin, as a topographical name for someone who lived by a plum tree, from the Olde English pre 7th Century word plume , plum (tree).… …

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  • 27plum — n. 1. Fruit of the plum tree. 2. Plum tree. 3. Raisin, dried grape. 4. £100,000. 5. Handsome sum, fortune, treasure …

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  • 28tree — 1. noun /tɹiː,tʃɹiː/ a) A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age). is the tallest living tree in the world.… …

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  • 29plum — plum1 [ plʌm ] noun * 1. ) count a small round fruit with purple, red, or yellow skin and a large hard seed inside. It grows on a plum tree. 2. ) uncount a color that is between red and purple plum plum 2 [ plʌm ] adjective 1. ) between red and… …

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  • 30plum — I UK [plʌm] / US noun Word forms plum : singular plum plural plums * 1) [countable] a small round fruit with purple, red, or yellow skin and a large hard seed inside. It grows on a plum tree. 2) [uncountable] a colour that is between red and… …

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